Walnut Urn holder

My wood buddies are looking, hopefully to the distant future, for urn holders. They had to be large enough so family members could place mementos in with the actual urn. The urn holders would be on display for a short service and wanted to demonstrate their woodworking and artistic talent.

After seeing a DVD on powder metal application in wood we laser engraved a tree and each of their names. Since we had a sample set of powders we engraved the powder name to determine which powder might look best. Brass was selected over the other three.

Local walnut was chosen as were brass fittings including inserts and knobs to allow the tops to be removable. Dowel pin joinery was accomplished using our Mafell Duo-Doweler. A profile on each long edge was achieved using our shaper with a rounding over router bit. Semi-gloss lacquer was used for the finish.

Powder metal and glue along with the instructional DVD came from Grizzly. The brass inserts, knobs, and feet were purchased from McMaster-Carr.

We have had the Mafell Duo-Dowler for over two years now and find it is a great portable 32mm tool. The ExtremeWoodworker on you tube has a 4 part series you may find helpful. Following is session #3. In this session he compares the Triton to the Mafell.

Wuddoc, I like the basic design. The brass inlay looks very commercial and professional. You did a wonderful job on the finish. The knobs on top look a bit out of place. Though they are very functional in your design, I wonder if they could have a pad added to each one to avoid scratching furniture or mantles, and would serve better as legs? Beautiful work. A simple spacer would keep the cremains from crushing the mementos. Keep boxing and keep posting.